Garment-receptacle.



UNITE STARS PATIENT OFFICE.

JAMES LEAVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO OROUOII & FITZGERLD, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARI/L'ENT-RECEPTACLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 19, 1909.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. 484,435.

To all 'whom it' may concern.'

Beit known that I, J Aims LnAv Y, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, ci y, county, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- R ceptaeles, of which the following is a specilic-ation.

This invention relates to garment receptacles such as wardrobes, wardrobe trunks and the like.

The invention seeks to provide a simple, durable and economical arrangement of swinging hanger rack and wherebyv the rack maj, work to and fro without engagement with the walls of the receptacle.

In the drawings which show the preferred embodiment of the invention and in which like reference numerals designate correspond ing parts in the several views,-Figure l is a perspective elevation with the top removed and showing the rack in forward position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the receptacle closed and the rack in its rear position.

Referring to the specific construction shown in the drawings, 1 is the receptacle or trunk open at the front and provided with a hinged closure 2.

3 isl an elevated rack arranged to move to and fro near the top ofthe receptacle and arranged to carrj,T hangers, such as 4. The rack is preferably rectangular in form and is provided with cross rods 5, 6 and 7 for supporting the hangers and acting also to brace and strengthen the rectangular hanger rack.

8 and 9 are legs pivoted at their lower ends to the interior of the receptacle near the bottom and at their upper ends to the sides of the rack.

10 is a rear leg pivoted at its upper end to the rear of the rack 3 and at its lower end to the interior of the receptacle or chamber, hinges, as shown, being preferably provided for making this pivotal connection at both ends of the leg 10.

l l and 12 are two strips of webbing secured at their forward ends to the rear of the rack and at their rear ends to the rear wall of the receptacle and acting to limit the outward movement of the rack.

When the rack is weighted with garments,

the greatest strain of the load is exerted at the middle point of the rear crossbar of the rack. It will be found in practice that this strain is .not infreourentlj,r sufficient to cause the rack to break at this point. By employing the leg l() to support the rack at the point referred to this tendencyr is entirely,T counteracted.

The rack is at all times supported entirely by its three legs and out of engagement with the walls of the receptacle. B v this arrangement, the free and easv movement of the rack is not interfered with by any distortion of the receptacle due to rough handling, such as that to which trunks are frequently subjected. Furthermore, bv supporting the rack free from supporting engagement with the walls of the receptacle, the rack encounters no sliding friction in its movement such as would retard the movement of the rack, especially when weighted with suspended garments. By the arrangement herein shown and described, thc rack is supported and guided in its movement by its three tilting legs, the rear leg acting to maintain the rack in substantiallj,v horizontal position, all the legs being so disposed as to oil'cr .no obstacle to the free and easy access to the interior of the receptacle or the garments carried on the rack.

Iv'r'hen the rack is moved back into its inner position, the lid or door 2 may be closed and it will then act to hold the rack in place.

What is claimed and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is :-n

In a receptacle for clothing, a garment chamber open at the front a hanger rack for said chamber having a limited' swinging movement toward and from the rear of said receptacle 5 a pair of tilting legs pivoted at their lower ends within said chamber and at their upper ends to the opposite sides of said rack; and a tilting leg pivoted at its lower end within said chamber' and at its upper end to the rear of said rack.

In testimorqT whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES LEAVY. lVitnesses:

IDA G. GILMORE, NICHOLAS M. GOODLETT, Jr. 

